1. Virus resistant, to the point where, if you have basic internet knowledge and don't click "Yes!" on popups offering to scan your computer, or whatever, you rarely need to worry about viruses at all.
2. Self-maintaining and seldom-crashing - no defragmenting required, and very few immediate issues can't be solved by just shutting down and restarting the computer.
3. Easy navigation - you don't have to remember where you left files, or have a particular system for file names, because things are all laid out in front of you and if you get stumped, you can just do a Google-style search.
4. Really excellent customer service and warranties. Especially in all the Apple stores I've been to. I've gone at least twice to replace a broken keyboard for my desktop machine (not because of shoddy construction, because I spilled something on it. Um, oops?) and both times they just cheerfully swapped me out a new one with no charge. I doubt this is standard policy but it does give you some idea of the level of niceness.
5. Free software updates, constantly.
6. With decent care, they last a long time.
I won't say there aren't drawbacks: it can be harder to find certain kinds of software, and if there isn't an Apple store near you it can be hard to find a place that does repairs. And they are definitely more expensive initially. But I'm typing this now on a machine I bought in 1998, which has never required any major repairs or anything that cost more than $100. So.
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Date: 2011-08-24 07:17 pm (UTC)2. Self-maintaining and seldom-crashing - no defragmenting required, and very few immediate issues can't be solved by just shutting down and restarting the computer.
3. Easy navigation - you don't have to remember where you left files, or have a particular system for file names, because things are all laid out in front of you and if you get stumped, you can just do a Google-style search.
4. Really excellent customer service and warranties. Especially in all the Apple stores I've been to. I've gone at least twice to replace a broken keyboard for my desktop machine (not because of shoddy construction, because I spilled something on it. Um, oops?) and both times they just cheerfully swapped me out a new one with no charge. I doubt this is standard policy but it does give you some idea of the level of niceness.
5. Free software updates, constantly.
6. With decent care, they last a long time.
I won't say there aren't drawbacks: it can be harder to find certain kinds of software, and if there isn't an Apple store near you it can be hard to find a place that does repairs. And they are definitely more expensive initially. But I'm typing this now on a machine I bought in 1998, which has never required any major repairs or anything that cost more than $100. So.